Welcome to High Commission of India, Islamabad, Pakistan

Working Hours and Holidays

Chancery

09:00 to 17:30 hrs (Monday to Friday)
(13:00 – 13:30 hrs: closed for lunch)
Saturday and Sunday closed

Visa Services

Submit the visa application forms along with the mandatory documents, passport andfee at the nearest TCS Visatronics / Gerry’s International- Visa Drop Box as per the list of available locations in Pakistan (namely, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Mirpur Khas, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Sialkot and Sukkur)

Visa applications are not accepted at Embassy counter.

Consular Services

The working hours for Consular services are 0900 hours to 1230 hours (Acceptance of application) and 1030 hours to 1300 hours (Delivery of Documents), Monday-Friday.

List of Holiday during the year 2023:

S/N	Gazetted Holiday	Date	Day of Week
1.	Republic Day	26 January 2023	Thursday
2.	Holi	08 March 2023	Wednesday
3.	Pakistan Day	23 March 2023	Thursday
4.	Ram Navami	30 March 2023	Thursday
5.	Mahavir Jayanti	04 April 2023	Tuesday
6.	Good Friday	07 April 2023	Friday
7.	Id-ul-Fitr*	22 April 2023	Saturday
8.	Buddha Purnima	05 May 2023	Friday
9.	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)*	29 June 2023	Thursday
10.	Muharram*	29 July 2023	Saturday
11.	Independence Day	15 August 2023	Tuesday
12.	Janmashtami	07 September 2023	Thursday
13.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	02 October 2023	Monday
14.	Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)	24 October 2023	Tuesday
15.	Diwali (Deepavali)	12 November 2023	Sunday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	27 November 2023	Monday
17.	Christmas	25 December 2023	Monday